Nightengale: With World Series Over, Jockeying for 2018 has Begun
The Houston Astros gathered Thursday morning in the lobby of their downtown Los Angeles hotel, still weary and hung over, but still animatedly talking...
Could The MLB And NBA Expand? It Seems Like A Real Possibility
There are multiple reports that both the National Basketball Association owners and Major League Baseball owners are on pace to get new Collective Bargaining...
Marvin Miller Belongs in the Baseball Hall of Fame
There are so many Baseball Hall of Fame Elections that sometimes it is hard to keep track of them. There are two that are...
Nightengale: Giolito Wrote Baseball’s 2020 Hollywood Script with Season’s First No-Hitter
By Bob Nightengale |
Chicago White Sox starter Lucas Giolito, who comes from a movie family, just wrote one of baseball’s finest Hollywood scripts, pitching...
The Pathetic Apology and the Non Apologies: A Tale of Two Baseball Worlds
Why is it that when an athlete does something bad, he or she has to apologize in some humiliating way to the media and...
Baseball … and Life
By Dr. Peter Hess |
Baseball gives hope. Teams can’t run out the clock with a
big lead or take a knee to end the...
NHL Unlikely to “Pay for Privilege of Disrupting Season” and Cover Costs to Attend...
Commissioner Gary Bettman claims there is little chance of the National Hockey League (NHL) "paying for the privilege of disrupting its season" and covering...
Nightengale: Cubs Veteran Catcher David Ross Celebrates Division Title in Wrigleyville
There were no hangovers, reddened eyes or hoarse throats.
The Chicago Cubs didn’t bother to celebrate their first NL Central title since 2008 Thursday night.
Since...
To Kill an Elephant
For decades, major league baseball has had a large elephant in a small room.
The elephant: Umpires cannot see some pitches cross the home plate...
Hiding the Homeless in San Diego for Baseball
Some old fashion reporting and a Facebook page have come up with an interesting story surrounding the Major League Baseball "All-Star Game" scheduled to...